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Ariel Levy: Either/Or
Sports, sex, and the runner Caster Semenya.
2010-07-07 to africa, bestof, gender, medicine, sports, statistics by soobrosa
Between staying and going
Violent crime and political turmoil are adding to South Africa’s brain drain.
2008-11-01 to africa, bestof, migration, politics, race, south africa by soobrosa
Philip Rucker: Aid Plan Aims to Help Poor Farmers Reach Markets
The Purchase for Progress program will give poor farmers, many of them women with little or no access to commercial markets, a chance to move beyond subsistence living with opportunities to sell their milk, grains, produce and other products to reliable b
2008-10-05 to africa, agriculture, aid, market, philantropy, trade by soobrosa
We Love China
The Chinese come to Africa as equals, with no colonial hangover, no complex relationship of resentment. China wants to buy; Africa has something to sell. If African governments could respond in a way which spread the new wealth—a large if, of course — the
2008-08-27 to africa, bestof, business, china by bagoly
Why don't we hear more about Equatorial Guinea?
But Mugabe may not be Africa's worst. That prize arguably goes to Teodoro Obiang, the ruler of Equatorial Guinea whose life seems a parody of the dictator genre.
2008-07-04 to africa, bestof, politics, terror by bagoly
The Chinese Far West
To quench its thirst for oil, its hunger for copper, uranium and wood, Beijing has sent out its state companies and its adventurous entrepreneurs to conquer Africa.
2008-06-02 to africa, bestof, china, photography by soobrosa
Can Greed Save Africa?
Fearless investing is succeeding where aid often hasn't
2007-12-06 to africa, bestof, business by bagoly
Madeleine Bunting: The EU is bullying the world's poor to rush into a dubious deal on trade
Millions of jobs and thousands of companies in the developing world are under threat for the quick fix the WTO wants .
2007-12-03 to africa, business, developing, eu, market, power, tariffs by soobrosa
Ten Reasons Why "Save Darfur" is a PR Scam to Justify the Next US Oil and Resource Wars in Africa
Sudan sits atop lakes of oil. It has large supplies of uranium, and other minerals, significant water resources, and a strategic location near still more African oil and resources.
2007-11-30 to africa, business, media lies, war by bagoly
Seager-Lewis: How top London law firms help vulture funds devour their prey
Indebted poor countries are being taken for millions of dollars in the courts.
2007-11-04 to africa, business, debt, law, vulture fund by soobrosa

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